Saddest Paragraph Ever

Recently I read a story with some of my classes about two slaves who escape from Georgia in the 1800's. Part of the lesson plan includes playing songs like "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," which relate to the topic. I played versions of that and "We Shall Overcome" for my classes, and assigned homework in which they would choose a song and write a paragraph about what it is about. This is what Melanie, a third grader, wrote (with errors intact; it's still understandable):

**I think slaves didn't have any hope to be free. In this sentence "Tell all my friends I'm a-comin', too, Comin' for to carry me home." I think many slaves dead and many slaves was seperate from each other. After they had be taken by Americans, there would be only death.**

Heavy stuff, man.